Job 7
1 Is there not a warfare to man on earth? And as the days of an hireling his days?
Boni, bomoi ya moto awa na se ezali kaka bomoi ya pasi te? Mikolo ya bomoi na ye ezali penza mikolo ya mongamba te?
2 As a servant desireth the shadow, And as a hireling expecteth his wage,
Ndenge mowumbu azelaka pio ya pokwa to ndenge mongamba azelaka makasi lifuti na ye,
3 So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And nights of misery they numbered to me.
ngai nazwaki lokola libula, basanza ya pamba mpe babutu ya pasi na pasi.
4 If I lay down then I said, 'When do I rise!' And evening hath been measured, And I have been full of tossings till dawn.
Soki kaka nalali, nakomi komituna: ‹ Tango nini nakolamuka? › Mpe soki kaka nalamuki: ‹ Tango nini butu ekoya? › Nalembi komitungisa tango nyonso.
5 Clothed hath been my flesh [with] worms, And a clod of dust, My skin hath been shrivelled and is loathsome,
Nkusu mpe makwanza ezipi nzoto na ngai, poso ya nzoto na ngai ezoki-zoki bapota mpe ekomi kolumba solo.
6 My days swifter than a weaving machine, And they are consumed without hope.
Mikolo ya bomoi na ngai ezali koleka mbangu penza koleka tonga oyo mosali bilamba asalelaka; nakomi na suka, mpe elikya na ngai nyonso esili.
7 Remember Thou that my life [is] a breath, Mine eye turneth not back to see good.
Oh Nkolo, kobosana te ete bomoi na ngai ezali kaka pema ya pamba! Miso na ngai ekomona lisusu bolamu te.
8 The eye of my beholder beholdeth me not. Thine eyes [are] upon me — and I am not.
Liso oyo ezali komona ngai sik’oyo ekotikala komona ngai lisusu te; okoluka ngai, kasi nakozala lisusu te.
9 Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up. (Sheol h7585)
Ndenge mapata ekendaka mpe elimwaka, ndenge wana mpe moto oyo akendaka na mboka ya bakufi azongaka lisusu te. (Sheol h7585)
10 He turneth not again to his house, Nor doth his place discern him again.
Akozonga lisusu te na ndako na ye, mpe ndako na ye ekoyeba ye lisusu te.
11 Also I — I withhold not my mouth — I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul.
Yango wana, nakokanga monoko na ngai te, molimo na ngai ekoloba kaka na mawa, mpe motema na ngai ekolela kaka pasi na ngai.
12 A sea -[monster] am I, or a dragon, That thou settest over me a guard?
Boni, nakomi ebale to elima ya mayi mpo ete batiela ngai bikangiseli?
13 When I said, 'My bed doth comfort me,' He taketh away in my talking my couch.
Nakanisaka ete soki nalali, mbeto na ngai ekobondisa ngai mpe pongi ekokitisa pasi na ngai;
14 And thou hast affrighted me with dreams, And from visions thou terrifiest me,
nzokande, ozali lisusu kotungisa ngai na bandoto ya mabe mpe kobangisa ngai na bimoniseli ya somo.
15 And my soul chooseth strangling, Death rather than my bones.
Malamu bafina ngai kingo mpe nakufa, pamba te kufa ezali na litomba koleka bomoi oyo.
16 I have wasted away — not to the age do I live. Cease from me, for my days [are] vanity.
Nayini bomoi na ngai; nawumela libela te na bomoi! Tika ngai kimia, pamba te mikolo na ngai ezanga na yango tina.
17 What [is] man that Thou dost magnify him? And that Thou settest unto him Thy heart?
Moto azali penza nani mpo ete okanisaka ye, mpo ete olandelaka ye na bokebi,
18 And inspectest him in the mornings, In the evenings dost try him?
mpo ete otalaka ye tango nyonso mpe omekaka ye tango nyonso?
19 How long dost Thou not look from me? Thou dost not desist till I swallow my spittle.
Mpo na nini okoki kolongola miso na Yo te likolo na ngai? Mpo na nini okoki kotika ngai kimia te ata mpo na ngonga moke?
20 I have sinned, what do I to Thee, O watcher of man? Why hast Thou set me for a mark to Thee, And I am for a burden to myself — and what?
Oh Mokeli na ngai, soki nasali lisumu, eloko nini ngai nasali Yo? Mpo na nini oponi kaka kobeta ngai? Boni, nakomi mokumba mpo na Yo?
21 Thou dost not take away my transgression, And cause to pass away mine iniquity, Because now, for dust I lie down: And Thou hast sought me — and I am not!
Mpo na nini ozali kolimbisa mabunga na ngai te mpe ozali kobosana masumu na ngai te? Kala mingi te, nakokende kolala na putulu; okoluka ngai, kasi nakozala lisusu te. »
